Enterprise man says 'prayer warriors' helped defeat sodomy charge

ENTERPRISE, Alabama -- A jury
found Wilfred "Will" Wittekind not guilty of a sodomy charge after a 2-day trial before
Circuit Judge Robert Barr in Enterprise that included testimony by the victim's mother, an associate professor at Auburn University who co-authored a book titled "Female Victims of Crime: Reality Reconsidered."

The Enterprise Ledger reports that Wittekind's wife termed the friends who filled the defense side of the courtroom each day "prayer warriors" and

defense witnesses included a former pastor of St. John Catholic Church in Enterprise who traveled from Coden, Alabama.